One Direction: Who We Are: Our Official Autobiography

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The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and placing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010. Propelled to global success by social media, [1] [2] [3] One Direction's five albums, Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), Four (2014), and Made in the A.M. (2015), topped charts in several countries, and generated hit singles including " What Makes You Beautiful" (their first number one on the UK Singles Chart, and the highest debut for a British act on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1998), " Live While We're Young", " Best Song Ever", " Story of My Life" and " Drag Me Down". After the release of Four, One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one. [4] Their third album, Midnight Memories, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2013. [5] Jaeger, Kyle (26 November 2013). "One Direction's 'Midnight Memories': What the Critics Are Saying". The Hollywood Reporter. Hegarty, Tasha (13 January 2016). "One Direction deny their 'hiatus' is a permanent split". Digital Spy. United Kingdom . Retrieved 13 January 2016.Things One Direction Revealed In Their Latest Performance Not Even Directioners Knew". Teen Vogue. 17 November 2015 . Retrieved 1 November 2022. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet One Direction at Royal Variety Performance". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 August 2015

One Direction score Number 1 single AND album!". OfficialCharts.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Cameron Crowe (18 April 2017). "Harry Styles Opens Up About Famous Flings, Honest New LP". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 1 August 2022. Stutz, Colin. "Watch One Direction Put New Honda Civic to the Test in TV Commercial". Billboard . Retrieved 12 November 2015. Jones, Alan (21 November 2011). "UK Singles Chart Analysis: Rihanna equals Adele record". Music Week . Retrieved 11 June 2012. Midnight Memories was the UK’s Official biggest album of 2013, finishing ahead of Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events, and big albums from Robbie Williams, Arctic Monkeys, Michael Buble and Bruno Mars. 7. One Direction’s most-viewed music video isn’t exactly their finest work.

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